The European University Association (EUA) has launched a higher education observatory and scoreboard to support evidence-based policymaking in the sector.
The EUA’s tools have four components:
- The Sector Scoreboard tracks the policy agenda of the European Education Area,
- The Benchmarking Tool for Higher Education Institutions enables comparison between institutions,
- The Microdata Access provides core data from European universities,
- And a dedicated repository for additional tools and reports.
At the launch event, stakeholders emphasised this is an early version of the tools and further enhancements are in the works. Future improvements will include less jargon-heavy terminology, transparency about data sources and a more user-friendly interface.